Nikon Coolpix S4
Equipped with a powerful 10x Zoom-Nikkor lens, the COOLPIX S4 offers far more compositional freedom than other compact cameras. In fact, delivering outstanding 38-380mm performance (35mm equivalent), it makes it easy for the photographer to capture a much broader range of subject matter — moving in for tightly composed portraits, zooming further out for stunning shots of architecture, or pulling right out to capture the full beauty of expansive scenery.
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Pentax and Samsung Camera Will Enter DSLR Market
Samsung (CEO Lee Joong-Koo, www.samsungcamera.com) announces an agreement with Pentax to jointly develop Digital-SLR cameras.
The partnership between Samsung and Pentax will be based on sharing their respective competencies to enhance competitiveness in digital cameras.
Konica Minota Advisory Notice
Thank you for your continuous patronage of Konica Minolta products.
Konica Minolta has recently discovered a problem with some of its digital cameras manufactured between October, 2002 and March, 2004. The following products may be affected:
Sony UK Advisory Notice
Sony UK has issued a service advisory for its 21 digital cameras including the DSC F717 and DSC P10. The problem is with the LCD panel and/or electronic viewfinder showing either a distorted image or no image when used in camera mode.
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Sony UK Service Advisory
Thank you for your support and patronage of Sony Digital Still Cameras.
It has recently come to our attention that a limited number of Sony Digital Still Cameras that incorporate an image sensor device, CCD Chip, manufactured from October 2002 through March 2004 may exhibit the following condition:
Canon Service Advisory Notice
After Nikon and Fuji, now it’s time for Canon to release their Service Advisory Notice. If you have one of these cameras: PowerShot A60, PowerShot A70, PowerShot A75, PowerShot A300, PowerShot A310, Digital IXUS V3, Digital IXUS II, or Digital IXUS IIs with the problems such as images not to appear or appear distorted, then you can contact them and get your camera repaired for free.
Service Advisory: Image Phenomena Due to CCD Malfunction
Ghost Photos Exhibition
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, will be having a new exhibition looks at how photography was used by those attempting to capture evidence of the paranormal. “The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult” opened Tuesday and runs through 31/12/2005.
Canon 300D, Hoya IR filter, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, f/8, 1/2s
The exhibition features about 120 photographs from collections all over the world, and arrives in New York after a showing in Paris. Most of the images date from about the 1860s until World War II, a period when people were greatly interested in spiritualism and the paranormal. Using photography to document any images or incidents became a popular way of trying to get proof
Will Matrix View Universal (MVU) replace JPEG ?
Are you ready to say goodbye to JPEG ?
Arvind Thiafarajan, co-founder of Singapore based MatricView invented shrinks images into a format called a MatrixView Universal, or MVU. The image in MVU format is 15 to many times smaller than a JPEG. But unlike a JPEG, which omits details, an MVU is as precise as the original.
Via: Business2.0
Fujifilm USA Service Advisory
Service Advisory to Owner’s of the FinePix S2 Pro Digital Camera
FUJI PHOTO FILM U.S.A., INC. announces that some of the FinePix S2 Pro digital camera models may develop a problem with the CCD imaging sensor. During a certain period in the production process, there was a lack of uniformity in the quality of the CCD. It was determined that this problem may happen due to a combination of CCD quality and usage/storage conditions or age deterioration. However, the problem affects a limited number of units and may not occur in all cameras.
The symptom is captured images that appear completely black, have a purplish cast or multi- colored distortions. The following list of serial numbers may be affected:
Model Serial Number Range:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
Adobe has just released their new Photoshop Elements 4.0 with great new tools that help you edit and adjust your photos in less time. New features in this release are including the ability to create entertaining slides with amazing transations in minutes, removing red eye from individual shots without even clicking on the photo, adjusting skin stones for more natural look in poorly lit photos and easily isolating objects from background which will be very useful if you want to enter the microstock photography industry.
Nikon DSLR Malfunctions
Today Nikon issued a service advisory for the D2H and D70. It mentions that Nikon will repair the cameras with the following malfunctions for free:
Nikon D2H malfunctions:
- The electronic analog exposure indicator is unreliable, the exposure display is fixed at a constant value and images are over- or under-exposed.
- The camera is unable to focus automatically
Nikon D70 malfunctions:
- With a memory card inserted: The green memory card access lamp blinks continuously and camera does not respond to any controls.
- With no memory card inserted: The camera will not turn on despite the battery indicator showing a fully charged battery.
Instructions for contacting Nikon USA and Nikon Europe are available by following the links below:
- Nikon USA Service Advisory
- D2H Service Advisory (Nikon Europe)
- D70 Service Advisory (Nikon Europe)
